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W. H. ELLIOT.

MAGAZINE FIRE ARM.

No. 278,003. Patented May 22,1883.

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WILLIAM H. ELLIOT,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SPECIFICATION forming part; of Letters Patent No. 278,003, dated May 22, 1883.

' Application filed February 20,1883. (No model.)

To all whom 213 may concern Be it known that I,'\'VM. H. ELLIOT, of New York, county of New York, and State of New York,haveinvented anew and Improved llI-agazineFire-Arm, of which thet'ollowingisa specification. r

The object and nature of my invention may he described as follows: I

The object of my invention is to provide a more compact, simpler, and more practical magazine fire-arm than any now in use; and the nature of my invention consists in the use of certain appliances and methods, which are fully set forth in the following specification and claims.

Figure l in the drawings is a vertical longitudinal section of the arm in the closed position, showing the bolt, carrier, and lever in elevation. Fig. 2 is the same in the open position. Fi .3 is a horizontal section of the receiver in the axis of the magazine-tube. Fig. 4 is a plan of the link (I and a portion of the carrier. Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-section of the bolt at open lines c, Fig. 1.

The invention herein described refers to that kind of magazine-arm in which the bolt or brecch-block has a reciprocal movement in a line with the barrels for opening and closing the chamber, and is an improvement upon the arm patented to me September 14, 1880. The reciprocal movement is given to the bolt by means of a toggle-connection, which has its upper link, (1, extended rearward under the wrist of the arm to form a lever, said upper link, at its forward end, being pivoted to the dependent portion 0' of the bolt at d, and at its rear end to the rear end of link 0 at c,said lower link being pivoted to the receiver at a, under or nearly under the rear end of the barrel and magazine.

For a magazine I employ a single tube located under the barrel and provided with the usualcartridge-propellingdevices. For raising the cartridges from the magazine to the barrel, I use a carrier, 2', which is pivoted to the reccivcr at i, and is provided with a spring, 2', which holds the carrierin the raised position. It is also provided with an upward-projecting arm, i, which works in a groove in thelower side of the bolt.' The recoil of the bolt is taken upon the recoil-bar 1' through thelinkd,which, when the arm is closed, as shown in Fig. 1,

fits in between the dependent portion of the 1 bolt at c and the recoil-bar at d, the surfaces which bear upon each other at c and at d' all being cut in the segment of a circle around the pivot d. The recoil-bar passes through the sides of the receiver, and is fastened by a screw.

1 charge the magazine through an opening in the side of the receiver, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 at m. The charge-opening cover at has a projection, m, on its inner surface, which serves as a feed-pawl to control the feed of cartridges from the magazine. This cover is fastened to the receiver by spring on in the usual way.

opening cover, feed-pawl n (shown in Fig. 3) may be used. In either case the feed-pawl is pushed outward by the forward end of the upper link as the arm isclosed to feeda cartridge from the magazine into the receiver.

To avoid accidental explosion by bringing the butt of thearm down with forceupon any solid substance, as in order arms, I employ the auxiliary spring 0, under the forward end of the carrier, in combination with theinclined surface 0 on the forward end of the bolt.

In Fig. lthe first cartridgeis shown to have been released by the feed-pawl, and to be resting upon the carrier and against the surface 0", the arm being closed. While the parts are in this position any sudden increase of force upon the first cartridge would cause it to glide backward and downward upon the surface 0, forcing down the forward end of the carrier against the auxiliary spring 0, and in this way cushion the blow of the column of cartridges sufficiently to destroy its percussive character, and so avoid a dangerous explosion. In Fig. 1 the arm is represented in the act of firing, the charging-chamber being completely filled and occupied by the dependent portion of the bolt and the upper link of the toggle-connection. By charging-chamber I mean that portion of the receiver directly under the receiving-chamber, and into which the cartridges are discharged from the magazine.

In Fig. 2 the parts are represented in the act of raising a cartridge from the chargingchamber in the rear of the magazine to the receiving chamber in the rear of the barrel.

Vhen this movement is completed the upper Instead of the projection m on the chargelink, d, and dependent portion of the bolt have retired to the rear, leaving the chargingchamber entirely unobstructed for the movement of the carrier and cartridge.

In Fig. 3 the parts are represented in the act of charging the magazine through the charge-opening and charging-chamber. This operation is performed while the arm is open, the carrier having been raised above the charging-chamber by the action of the shoulder con the bolt upon the arm i" of the carrier, leaving the charging-chamber entirely unobstructed for the movement of the chargeopening cover and cartridge.

The dependent portion 0 and the upper link, d. are bifurcated to make room for the carrier to work through them, as shown in Figs. 4'

and 5, and as the bolt is moved forward in closing the arm the inclined surface 0", acting .upon the widened portion of the carrier 0', forces it down below the'mouth of the magazine, and at the same time a cartridge is released from the magazine, which immediately assumes the position in relation to the surface 0 and the carrier shown in Fig. 1, and as represented in several of my patents. As the arm is opened after tiring, the cartridge which was released when the arm was closed follows the bolt. back and is raised to the receiving-chamber by the carrier. WVhile the arm is in this position-thatis,open,withthe carrier raisedanother cartridge is introduced into the magazine through the charge-opening and chargingchamber to replace the onejust removed. In this way the magazine is kept full for an emergency.

During the manipulation of the arm three distinct sets of devices occupy the chargingehamber exclusively for the time being, and perform therein three separate functions alternately.

The spring i of the carrier may be constructed to hold onto a shoulder on the tang, and in that way hold the carrier down until released by the positive action of the bolt, as shown in my application now pending before the Commissioner of Patents. In such case the magazine may be charged over the carrier by opening the arm wide enough to remove the upper link and dependent portion of the bolt, but not wide enough to raise the carrier.-

It is preferable, however, to open the arm full width and charge under the carrier, whether the spring be or be not constructed to operate as set forth in said application.

The construction and arrangement of the several parts of the breech mechanism herein shown and described tend to make the arm stronger, more compact, and cheaper than any lever magazine-arm yet made, the important ieatures of it being the arrangement of the dependent portion of the bolt, the link d of the toggle-connection, and the joint (1 between them, directly in the rear of the magazine and in close proximity to it when the arm is closed, the lower link of the toggle-connection pivoted to the receiver under or in close proximity to the mouth of the magazine, the chargeopening and charge-opening cover arranged over or opposite the two links of the toggle connection, and all arranged opposite to or below the receiving-chamber.

The carrier is so constructed at or near its forward end that it admits freely the move ments of the charge-opening cover and cartridge in charging the magazine.

Having described my invention, what I desire to have secured to me by Letters Patent of the United States is- 1. In a magazine fire-arm, the construction and arrangement of devices substantially as follows: a breech block or bolt adapted to move back and forth in a line with the barrel to open and close the arm, and provided with dependent portion 0, a toggle-connection, the upper link of which is pivoted to the part c at d, and both devices arranged directly in rear of and in close proximity to the mouth of 'the magazine, said link being extended rearward under the wrist of the arm to form a lever, the lower link of said connection being pivoted under or nearly under and in close proximity .to the mouth of the magazine, a charge-opening arranged over or opposite to the two links of the toggle-connection and opposite or below the receiving'chamber, and a carrier pivoted at its rear end to the receiver. and constructed to admit freely the movement of the charge-opening cover and cartridge in charging the magazine, the dependent portion of the bolt and upper link, the carrier and cartridge,and the charge-opening cover and cartridge occupying the charging-chamber and performing therein their three separate functions alternately, as specified.

2. In a magazine fire-arm having a bolt which is provided with a backward and downward inclined surface, 0 upon its forward end, a carrier pivoted at-its rear end to the receiver, and provided with a spring, 6, and in combination therewith the auxiliary spring 0 under the forward end of the carrier, supported by the receiver, or by some device attached to the receiver, the forward end of said carrier being in such relation to the inclined surface 0 that where the head of the cartridge impinges said surface it is forced down upon the carrier, thereby depressing spring 0, which serves to cushion the blow of the column of cartridges, substantially as specified.

WM. Il. ELLIOT.

Witnesses: v I

M. G. OBRIEN, D. LEWIS. 

